Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Martin was born in 1870, in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Isaac Martin, was 31 and his mother, Ann Gigg, was 24. He married Ada Louisa Neate on 10 October 1896, in Alton Priors, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Alton Priors, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years.
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- Edward Martin in household of Isaac Martin, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Edward Martin, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Edward Martin, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, Irish, French, Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus, itself a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America, the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages, e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin , Albanian Martini , Polish surnames beginning with Marcin-, and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia.
English: variant of Marton .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mártain, ‘descendant of Martin’ (compare 1 above). Otherwise, a shortened form of Gilmartin or McMartin ; sometimes also spelled Martyn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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